2009 Everest Expedition (8,850m)

I will be joing Russell Brice’s Himex team again this year after my successful Cho Oyu expedition with him in 2004.

The Himex Everest team currently consists of 28 climbers (3 women). They come from all over the world: the United States (6), Australia (1, living in US), Belgium (1), China (1, living in US), France (2, 1 living in US), Germany (1, living in Nepal), Ireland (1), Italy (Me!), Japan (2), Mexico (2), Norway (3), South Africa (3), and the United Kingdom (4).

There are 28 high altitude Sherpas, 7 guides in addition to leader, Russell Brice, a doctor (Monica, who has been on two previous Everest expeditions), and numerous staff and trekkers. This group will likely go through a few changes between now and our Kathmandu arrival date of March 29.

Ellen Miller (Colorado), the only American woman to reach the summit of Everest from both the north and the south, will be joining us to climb Lhotse (8,516m).